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| author | Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> | 2014-11-14 10:05:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> | 2014-11-14 10:05:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 01bd3c1231a7372b43efc757d8ad45a08c030b51 (patch) | |
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| parent | 2d142707346d7cc966f672a7b1c4d2702e5580c7 (diff) | |
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Close #22300 by tweaking 2.7.9 What's New announcements
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index 3fde2d8..4c86f3e 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -2570,10 +2570,18 @@ with the first of those changes appearing in the Python 2.7.7 release. certificate store, the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` class, and other features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid; :issue:`21308`.) + Refer to the "Version added: 2.7.9" notes in the module documentation for + specific details. + * :func:`os.urandom` was changed to cache a file descriptor to ``/dev/urandom`` instead of reopening ``/dev/urandom`` on every call. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue:`21305`.) +* :data:`hashlib.algorithms_guaranteed` and + :data:`hashlib.algorithms_available` were backported from Python 3 to make + it easier for Python 2 applications to select the strongest available hash + algorithm. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21307`) + PEP 477: Backport ensurepip (PEP 453) to Python 2.7 --------------------------------------------------- |